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F. E. RAMSDBN. WINDOW SCREEN.

(No Model.)

No. 551,095. Patented Dec. 10,1895.

@5m I XMK UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED E. RAMSDEN, OF CHEROKEE, IOIVA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. ERSKINE, E. D. IIUXFORD, AND JERRY D. ANDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,095, dated December 10, 1895- Application iled May 10, 1895. ySerial No. 548,854. No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E, RAMSDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherokee, in the county of Cherokee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vindow-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in window-screens, in which the frame, or any frame whatever, commonly used in screening windows with what is commonly known as wire screening is entirely done away with and abandoned.

The object of my inventionis to furnish al way in which to screen a window of any size or dimensions with wire or any other strong and durable screening in a quick, easy, durable, and cheap manner. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, vin which- A and B represent, each, a slat or stick of wood made in proportions to the width and size of the window to be screened. At the top of A is tacked the upper edge of the wire screening G, and at the lower edge of Bis tacked the lower edge of the screen G. At the letters C, D, E, and F are screwed to the window-frame a small bracket L, shaped at an angle of ninety degrees, or better if a trilie over ninety degrees, so that when the tension of the screen is increased it will have a tendency to bring the sticks tighter-against the window-frame. The stick Bis placed closely against the window-sill and the brackets E and F are screwed to the casing just above the ends of the stick B, as shown in the drawing. At C and D are .placed two brackets similar in shape to E and F and screwed firmly to the window-casing at a distance below the top of the window sufficient to allow the stick A to be placed above them and to cover the entire window to be screened. Through the upper part of the brackets C and D is a threaded hole, and through these threaded holes is passed a thumb-screw, which when tightened is forced against the lower edge of the stick A and thus tightens the screen G firmly over and across the window-opening. The te'nsion of the wire screening may thus be regulated by the thumb-screws in the brackets at C and D.

From this combination of the two sticks of wood A and B and the brackets C, D, E, and F and Athumb-screws at C and D and use of screen,

I claim- In combination with the window frame, the screen'7 the top and bottom boards A, B, proj ecting beyond the screen and having said screen attached thereto on their inner sides, the right angular brackets E, F, under which the lower boardB iits and the upper brackets C, D, said upper brackets having the adjusting screws to bear on the upper board, substantially as described.

FRED E. RAMSDEN. Witnesses:

CLAUD M. SMITH, H. A. SKAVLEN. 

